Fertilizer-distributer.



No. 877,712. PATENTBD JAN. 28, 1908.

R. P. HASSLBR. FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION TILED JAN 29. 1007 2 SHEBTS-SHEET 1.

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' R. P. HASSLER.

FERTILIZER DIST RIBUTER.

APPLIUATION FILED JANIZQ, 1907.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

, Application filed January 29. 1907. Serial No, 354.698.

Patented Jan. 28, 1903.

will whom it ma concern: 1

Be it knownthat RUDOLPH P. HAssLER,

- a citizen of the United States, residing at 4 is a detai Luverne, inthe county of Rock, State of Minnesota, have invented certain .new anduseful Im rovements in Fertilizer-Distributers ;v and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and -use the same.

This invention relates to fertilizer distributers and more particularlyto that class in which the feed mechanism includes acylinder or beaterand a comb device which cooperates with the'cy'linder, and the primary 0ject of my invention is to provide a novel and more efiicient device'ormechanism of the class described.

In carrying 'out my invention, I arrange the comb head above thecylinder and forwardly thereof, and extend the teeth of the combdownwardly and rearwardly in a straight line with their lower and rearends restin lightly in enga ement with the cylinder ut out of the pathof the teeth thereon.

. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of'thefertilizer distributing 'mechamsm constructed n accordance with myinvention.

Fig; -2 is a to Ian view thereof. i P p 3 is a rear elevation, and Fig.vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrough, taken in a line withone of the comb teeth.

ings, the feed mechanism is shown as comprising a cylinder 5, upon whichis formed a lurahtyv of teeth 6, which are preferably ocated in anumberof continuous series around the cylinder. The toothed c. linder 5is journaled for rotation'between t e side boards 7 of the distributerin the 'usual manner, and may be driven by any desired form of gearconnections. J ournaled in the front of the cylinder 5 is a roller 8,around which passes a feed belt 9. A crank shaft 10 is journaled in theside boards of the distributer and directly above the c linder 5, and tothe crank portion of this siiaft are secured rake teeth 11 which aremoved u )wardly and downwardly and forwardly and rearwardly as the shaftis rotated.

Referring more specifically to the draw Extending across the rear end 01the distributer, and in aplane above and rearwardly of the cylinder 5,is a head 12, and this head is provided with a number ofopelr ings .13,through each of which is engaged the threaded tang 14, of a resilientcomb tooth ,15. is formed a collar 16, which abuts the forward edge ofthe head 12, and upon the threaded or rear end of the tang is engaged anut 17, which bears against the rear edge of the said head, therebyserving to rigidly con nect the tooth with the head. From the collarportion 16 of each tooth, the tooth is turned downwardly and. forwardlyin a straight line as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4- of-the drawings,and has its lower and forward end in engagement with the cylinder 5 andbetween a certain pair oi the continuous tooth series thereon From theabove description of my invention, it will be observed that the teeth ofthe continuous toothscrics pass upon each side of the lower and. frontends of the adjacent teeth 15, and it will be understood that'by thisrespective arrangement of the teeth 6 and the teeth 15, the fertilizinmaterial, is thorou hly loosened before being dropped upon the ground.

What is claimed is: g

A fertilizer distributing mechanism comprising a driven drum havingteeth thereon, said teeth being arranged in a plurality of continuousseries extending around the drum, a crank shaft arranged above the drumand forwardly of the vertical plane occupied by the axis thereof, raketeeth fixed upon the crank shaft, the said shaft being dc,-

signed to be rocked to oscillate the teeth above the upper and forwardportion of the drum, a comb head supported rearwardly beyond the drumand in a plane above the same, and teeth carried by the head andprojecting downwardly and forwardly with their free ends resting againstthe cylinder and between the series ofteeth thereon.

In testimony whcreoi I aliix my sign'a ture, in presence of twowitnesses.

R UDOLPU P. HASSLER. Witnesses WM. JAconsEN, Jr., D. M. MARE.

Upon the tang 14 of each tooth,

